You can take the girl out of England...

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August 19th 2012

Published: August 21st 2012

This trip is a love affair with the UK. Rhys is a complete Anglophile (he only married me so he can enter British territory whenever he likes) and I am the typical immigrant – born here but brought up in New Zealand - a citizen of both but belonging to neither. He has fantasised about retiring here, but a complete lack of summer has cured him of that. I always feel like I’m visiting as a for... Read Full Entry

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Hilary Falconer

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The Kiwis are off on their next adventure to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary! First a tour of Slovenia and Croatia then independant travel around southern Italy and Sicily. Then HIS choice of romantic settings - a road trip round Iceland. And of course no flying Kiwis trip would be complete without a sojourn in England including our favourite city - London.... full info

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Drinks menu in Kenmore

When the weather’s cold you need variety in your drinking :)

Spry Island on Loch Tay

actually a crannog – a man-made island created by Neolithic clans for protection and status

Scottish Crannog Centre

Recreation of a crannog – underwater archaeologists have found remains of 14 crannogs on Loch Tay and are continuing their excavation

Cosy Crannog

The crannog has been constructed as authentically as possible – very impressive and surprisingly cosy for being sited on a lake with a freezing cold wind howling along it

Croft Moraig

One of many stone circles in the Loch Tay area

Ben Lomond

peeking out of the rain clouds from Inveruglas on Loch Lomond

The Clyde Arc

view from our hotel window in Glasgow. They call it ‘the squinty bridge’ because it crosses the river at an angle

Merchant City festival

Street theatre at the festival on the weekend we arrived

Cardboard box high rise

People in the crowd helped build it at the festival – luckily it didn’t rain that day!

The Riverside Museum

those are real cars lining the wall – not toy cars on a shelf!

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

the star of early 20th century Glasgow design, exhibited in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

SQUIRRRELLLL!!!!

in the Glasgow botanic gardens

they are so cheeky this one jumped on my lap!

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

The magic of Edinburgh fringe – Cowgate under the North Bridge

Fringe central

High St on the Golden Mile

Fleshmarket lane

Wonderfully dingy and historically named alleyways to use as shortcuts between venues

Edinburgh’s smallest pub

halfway up (or down) one of the alleyways – of course we had to have a drink there..

hard to be inconspicuous

The Tattoo had already started, so we hope they got there on time!

Desperate thespians

Live advertisements for the productions on offer

Tartan Central

the Tartan Weaving Mill right next to the castle was busy churning out authentic tartans

Victoria St

I took this pic to prove the sun does actually shine in Edinburgh

21st August 2012

Zeb
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wow
hey guys, what a trip, love the pics fantastic. Keep it coming...the blog I mean :)

21st August 2012

T and A
Torin and Andrea

where's wally?
I like to play the game of trying to find Rhys in the photos.

21st August 2012

Jody
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amazing!
as always so interesting to read and oh so jealous! keep having fun cheers Jody

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